Of the move, Warner Bros. Pictures' Dan Fellman said in a statement that the movie "makes sense to ensure this unique film reaches the largest audience possible." As for why that "makes sense," it probably has something to do with Django Unchained, which is also scheduled to release its greasy-haired DiCaprio into theaters on Christmas Day. Or maybe, in Luhrmann's version, Gatsby goes to the midwest to commit deplorable hate crimes? Either way: bad timing.